BBC pundit Robbie Savage nearly missed his flight to Brazil for the World Cup after trying to use his wife’s passport.

The Welshman is recording his experiences during the World Cup with a series of audio blogs and today’s instalment told of the airport drama, which you can listen to below.

Savage initially thought the lady at the check-in desk was just surprised to see the recognisable former Blackburn Rovers man, but her reaction was because he had accidentally brought wife Sarah Savage’s passport instead of his own.

The pair have been married since 2002 and Sarah has long blonde hair like her husband, leading him to tweet: ‘I’m going to have to tell my wife to get her haircut’.